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Table of Contents Contents Part I Introduction 1 Cephalopod Biology ................................................................................. 3 Sigurd von Boletzky and Roger Villanueva 2 Behaviour .................................................................................................. 17 Jennifer Mather and David Scheel 3 Fisheries Production and Market Demand ........................................... 41 Graham J. Pierce and Julio Portela 4 Historical Review of Cephalopods Culture ........................................... 59 António V. Sykes, Noussithé Koueta and Carlos Rosas 5 Nutrition as a Key Factor for Cephalopod Aquaculture ���������������������� 77 Juan Carlos Navarro, Óscar Monroig and António V. Sykes 6 Welfare and Diseases Under Culture Conditions .................................. 97 António V. Sykes and Camino Gestal 7 Aquaculture to Restocking ...................................................................... 113 Jaruwat Nabhitabhata and Susumu Segawa 8 Applications, Uses and By-products from Cephalopods ...................... 131 Noussithé Koueta, Helene Viala and Estelle Le Bihan 9 Farming Costs and Benefits, Marketing Details, Investment Risks: The Case of Octopus vulgaris in Spain ........................................ 149 José García García, Manuel Luaces, Carlos Veiga and Manuel Rey-Méndez vii viii Contents Part II Main Cultured Cephalopods 10 Nautilus ..................................................................................................... 165 Gregory J. Barord and Jennifer A. Basil 11 Sepia officinalis ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 175 António V. Sykes, Pedro Domingues and José Pedro Andrade 12 Sepia pharaonis ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 205 Jaruwat Nabhitabhata 13 Sepiella inermis ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 225 Jaruwat Nabhitabhata 14 Sepiella japonica ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 241 Xiao-Dong Zheng, Xiang-Zhi Lin, Zhao-Sheng Liu, Zhao-Kai Wang and Wei-Bing Zheng 15 Euprymna hyllebergi and Euprymna tasmanica ..................................... 253 Jaruwat Nabhitabhata and Michelle K. Nishiguchi 16 Loligo vulgaris and Doryteuthis opalescens ............................................ 271 Érica A. G. Vidal and Sigurd von Boletzky 17 Sepioteuthis lessoniana ............................................................................. 315 Jaruwat Nabhitabhata and Yuzuru Ikeda 18 Amphioctopus aegina �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 349 Jaruwat Nabhitabhata 19 Enteroctopus megalocyathus �������������������������������������������������������������������� 365 Íker Uriarte and Ana Farías 20 Octopus maya ............................................................................................ 383 Carlos Rosas, Pedro Gallardo, Maite Mascaró, Claudia Caamal-Monsreal and Cristina Pascual 21 Octopus mimus .......................................................................................... 397 Óscar Zúñiga, Alberto Olivares and Carlos Rosas 22 Octopus minor ........................................................................................... 415 Xiao-Dong Zheng, Yao-Sen Qian, Chang Liu and Qi Li 23 Octopus vulgaris. Paralarval Culture ..................................................... 427 José Iglesias and Lidia Fuentes Contents ix 24 Octopus vulgaris: Ongrowing .................................................................. 451 Francisco Javier Sánchez, Jesús Cerezo Valverde and Benjamín García García 25 Robsonella fontaniana .............................................................................. 467 Íker Uriarte and Ana Farías Part III Conclusions and Future Trends 26 Current Status and Future Challenges in Cephalopod Culture .......... 479 Roger Villanueva, António V. Sykes, Érica A.G. Vidal, Carlos Rosas, Jaruwat Nabhitabhata, Lidia Fuentes and José Iglesias Index ................................................................................................................ 491 http://www.springer.com/978-94-017-8647-8.
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